Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter I. The dominion of Canada

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CHAP. 1] THE DOMINION OF CANADA 649 secure the building of a railway line from the east to the west. It was also provided that the Dominion would consent to the introduction of responsible government into the province, and that it would undertake in respect of it the same obligations in effect as it undertook in the terms of the British North America Act in respect of the other provinces. The terms were inclusive also of a pecuniary subsidy to the Province, and on the other hand its Government surrendered the control over Indians and their lands to the Federation, a clause which was destined to produce difficulties later on, a8 the Dominion was to receive from time to time grants of land from the province, and the province and the Dominion Cannot agree as to the extent of the lands thus to be trans- ferred? Another clause provocative of trouble was that with regard to lands to be surrendered by the province in respect of the new railway to be built, for in 1910 the Yuestion was carried to the Privy Council whether, despite the surrender, the province still did not possess full legis- lative power as to water rights over such lands, a power the Judicial Committee denied, and which affirmed would have made the bargain a very bad one for the Dominion. The union of the province with the Federation was dated by the Order in Council of May 16 approving the terms of transfer to take effect from July 20, 1871.4 The next addition to the Dominion was that of Prince Edward Island, which was loath to join the Federation in 1867. The essential difficulty was the presence in the island of a number of large landholders, and the fact that the rest of the people could not obtain land for themselves, * This was effected by, first, the creation of a representative legislature (one chamber of nine elective and six nominee members) by an Order in Council of August 9, 1870, under the Imperial Act 33 & 34 Vict. c. 66, and then by an Act of 1871 (No. 147) creating a constitution contemplating *eSponsible government. * The policy was to be at least as generous as that of the Colony. But "hat policy had de facto been very far from generous. See a return to an address of the Canadian House of Commons, January 28, 1908. See Burrard Power Co. v. The King, 43 S. C. R. 27; [1911] A. C. 87. Cf. also Canada Sess. Pap.. 1867-8, No. 59, pp. 3-7.

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